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Chazore said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Nintendos blue ocean strategy looking less blue by the day. But as long as they continue to keep exclusives tied to their hardware and doesn't pull a major fuckup like the wiiu. It's their competitors that will need to move themselves if they want a slice of the handheld pie.

I've noticed their achiles heel of their strategy, that being point #2

"Make the Competition Irrelevant: By offering something unique, companies can avoid direct competition and attract new customers"

This has stopped working since more and more devices are appearing on the market that are aiming for mobility and a balance of graphical fidelity. Look at Steam Deck as a prime example, they are offering multi OS support, multi ecosystem support, and the ability to tweak to your hearts consent and actually emulate much older games.

Nintendo isn't offering any of that at all. They are only offering you the Nintendo eshop and whatever they provide in 1st and 3rd party, both of which do not encompass what Steam and the other ecosystems combined, can provide. They are also offering nothing new that the Deck cannot do, that makes the Deck "irrelevant" or worthy of "ignoring". 

Now we're seeing Sony coming back to the same space they abandoned and left to Nintendo/Mobile, and MS is eventually going to join in as well, so Nintendo's "I'll just sit in my bubble" strategy only works when no one is hanging around your bubble (especially close up, and watching what you are doing within your own bubble). 

It's nothing that would make the Steam Deck irrelevant, but saying they're not offering something that the Steam Deck cannot do is a bit wrong, unless you're just referring to the software, in which case it's true. Hardware-wise, it has the joycons (and the rarely-used functionality within them. Anybody ever used the IR sensor in the joycons?) and the much lighter weight (about half of the Steam Deck), which is much easier on the arms in longer sessions, especially for kids.

Bolded: You basically just described the entire console vs PC debate in a nutshell - or on a handheld if you prefer.